ASTA, which is now one of my top MMORPG's to date, is beautifully designed. The gameplay, fantasy graphics, and the soundtrack combined all makes me want to ride around on my mount all day and not do any quests.
However, this game is in beta, which means it has its quirks. You are about to embark on a journey of five things that can be added or fixed to ASTA that can make it a more enjoyable and playable game for many people.
Make sure that when you are done reading the list, come back to sign up for the official ASTA beta and start playing the game!
Number 1: Addition of Exclusive Dungeon Equipment
Ever since I could remember, MMORPG's have had dungeon exclusive equipment to loot that would be way more powerful than anything else you could buy or create. However, in ASTA, the armor loot inside and outside of the dungeon become weak within five or six levels. Adding some exclusive pieces of armor or weapons loot to dungeons may actually make people want to queue up for a dungeon run!
Number 2: ASTA Needs A Fix For The Dungeon Queue
Lately, I have been logging into this game to just queue up for a dungeon when I was waiting for friends to log on, however, it seemed like after an hour, no one was queuing with me. So I started asking around via chat if there was a problem with it.
I was given two main responses:
1) No one feels the need to queue up for a dungeon based off my +1 addition or,
2) It just doesn't work.
If you decide to play this game, make sure to be grouped up in a 3 man or a 5 man team before queuing for a dungeon! Webzen, this needs to be fixed!
Number 3: Asta Needs to Have More Class Options With Certain Races
Please, oh please, do not hate me for this one! When you create a character, the first thing you probably notice is that the Human Race has access to all of the classes! But then you look at the Tigerians and the Draconions, they only have one or two options available to choose from.
Yes you can argue with me that the description of these races clearly state who they are, but I am one hundred percent sure that there are players out there that would love to be a Tigerian looking Mage and not just an Archer or Rogue. Or maybe someone just wants to be a Hunter that looks like a beast! Who knows?
Hopefully, Webzen will recreate the descriptions for these races, and add more classes to them, so they are more appealing to play as in the game.
Number 4: Addition of a Guild House
So far, I am a part of three different guilds across all of my characters, and there is one thing that every guild complains about: the guild meeting location. The picture for this slide shows a beautiful meeting location for the guild I am currently a part of, but there is one thing missing: a guild house.
There are many MMORPG's out there where every guild has the option of creating or just having a guild house where players can have a craft profession of creating furniture or other house related items to decorate with. In Asta, guilds mainly meet up to acquire a daily quest. It is not that exciting!
Webzen, we need just a little bit more added to the guild hideouts!
Number 5: Just Fix The Little Things
So far, ASTA has been one of my most favorite MMORPG's to date. I have over 4 characters right now all over level 20, all in guilds, and all pretty powerful. But if there is one minor thing that is bothering me, it's that there are many objects in this game that need to be fixed.
A prime example, as shown in this slide photo, is that one of my characters is just standing in a mini jail cell inside of a camp. Sure you may think there is a door, but there is not. My character literally just walked through this gate! Even though this is a minor issue, it is something that every game developer can cringe over because of the amount of work it takes to fix the code on something like this. Trust me, I've been there!
Luckily, no one that I know of has ever been stuck in something they should've not been able to walk into.
For all you ASTA fans out there, what other fixes could make gameplay a more enjoyable experience? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
Published: Apr 6, 2016 04:46 am